Patches of Destruxion

 Hello everybody! Another month has gone by in the sewalong. May's theme was animals. This is always one of my favourite themes. I made 9 blocks this month. Looking at them all together, I seem to have leant towards red/orange/purple colours this month. That wasn't planned, it's just how it seems to have turned out. Although the focus on purple in January is making me look more at that part of my stash. Anyway, on to the blocks. Week 17 was identifiable motifs. I made 3 blocks for this week, although I could have made many, many more. First up, bats. Animals is another good excuse to use the many Halloween fabrics I have hanging around for my Halloween La Passacaglia quilt . This uses a Tula Pink De la Luna fabric that you can also see here . Next, cats. This fabric is a fairly recent gift from my mother, so I have yet to add it the the La Passacaglia, but rest assured it will feature in that quilt somewhere. And finally, toucans. Not even remotely Halloween related, but th...

 Hello everyone! Another month gone in this sewalong. Our theme was Botanicals. My husband doesn't think this is a real noun and thinks it should have just been called Plants, but I think it's a prettier word. I much prefer this as a theme to our previous more abstract ones of Happiness and Love, and I have no shortage of suitable fabrics in my stash. Given time, I could have made truck loads of blocks for this month. As it was, I made 10. Week 13's prompt was identifiable motifs. I made 2 bright and cheerful blocks for this prompt. First up, this pink block. This fabric is actually from a bundle of Christmas fabrics. I think the flower depicted is intended to be a poinsettia. I like the circle effect this creates from the two different sizes of flowers. And secondly, this blue block. Just a simple block of daisies on a blue background. For Week 14, the prompt was sections. We weren't required to make them 'obscure' because most sections of a flower still look l...